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Officials to provide update on fatal fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta
Officials to provide update on CFB Wainwright fire
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Officials are set to provide an update today about a devastating fire at a Canadian military base in Alberta that left four soldiers dead and dozens more injured.
Maj.-Gen. Wade Rutland of the 1st Canadian Division has said Saturday's blaze began as a grass fire, but a violent windstorm sent flames racing toward soldiers training at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright.
The fire initially sent 39 wounded to various hospitals, and officials said Wednesday that number was down to 27, with 13 in critical condition.
Roughly 150 people attended a vigil late Wednesday at a church in the nearby town of Wainwright, Alta., southeast of Edmonton.
Prayers were said, songs were sung and the names of those killed were read aloud, followed by a moment of silence.
Mayor Bruce Pugh says the last few days have been tough, but activities at the base have started to return to normal.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22. 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Alleged Tumbler Ridge mass shooting conspirator set to enter plea in U.S. court
Tumbler Ridge conspiracy suspect set to enter plea
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lois Silver
The alleged co-conspirator in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is expected to enter a plea at an arraignment in a Seattle courthouse today.
A grand jury in Washington state last week indicted 30-year-old James Bryant for conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country.
The criminal complaint against Bryant, who uses female pronouns and goes by the name Melody, alleges she colluded with shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar online, helping set up an attempted livestream of the murders.
The complaint says Bryant also advised 18-year-old Van Rootselaar on where to carry out the attack and sent the shooter money to buy a lighter for an explosive device.
Van Rootselaar killed eight victims last February, including five students and an educational assistant at the local secondary school, before she fatally shot herself as police closed in.
Bryant has been denied bail.
A statement from the U.S. Justice Department says conspiracy to murder in a foreign country is punishable by up to life in prison.
It cautions that the accusations against Bryant remain unproven.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
By Brenna Owen | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Skunk in downtown Vancouver that bit people tests positive for rabies
B.C. skunk that bit people positive for rabies
A skunk that bit a number of people in downtown Vancouver has tested positive for rabies.
Vancouver Coastal Health issued a news release notifying the public of the confirmed case on Wednesday.
The health authority said interactions with skunks are rare, but "a small number of people bitten by the skunk have been assessed and received rabies vaccinations and immunoglobulin to prevent rabies."
Rabies virus is a fatal viral infection that affects the brain and nervous system. It is found in the saliva of infected animals and can be transmitted through a bite or a scratch from an infected animal, Vancouver Coastal Health said.
"Rabies virus is not transmitted through exposure to the spray, urine or feces of infected skunks," it added.
Though bats are the only known "reservoirs" for rabies in British Columbia, the authority said "occasional spillovers to other animal species in specific geographical areas, including skunks, have occurred in B.C."
The seriousness of the infection was highlighted in an issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal earlier this year, where infectious disease physicians described the case of an 11-year-old Ontario child who died of rabies in 2024.
Dr. Brian Hummel, the case report's senior author and a pediatric infectious disease physician at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, told The Canadian Press in June that it's "an extraordinarily rare infection" for humans in Canada, with only 28 cases reported since 1924.
The most recent rabies case before the 11-year-old boy was a man who died after exposure to a bat in B.C. in 2019.
Hummel said once symptoms of rabies start, there is no treatment or cure, but noted the virus has a relatively long incubation period — usually weeks — before symptoms of illness start to show.
Anyone who may have been bitten or scratched by a sick or abnormally behaving skunk in Vancouver's West End neighbourhood between Sept. 22 and Oct. 17 is being asked to contact Vancouver Coastal Health for assessment.
The release said anyone who lives outside the region should contact their local health authority for assessment.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2026.
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Jessie Nadeau se prononce à propos du retour public de Maripier Morin
Le 19 octobre, les membres Instagram ont pu constater le grand retour de Maripier Morin après plusieurs mois de silence. Suite aux accusations de Safia Nolin, elle avait retiré toutes ses publications et n'avait donné aucune nouvelle. L'ancienne candidate d'Occupation Double, Jessie Nadeau, commente le retour de Maripier Morin.
Elle parle surtout des différents commentaires qu'ont reçus l'animatrice et la chanteuse depuis le 19 octobre.
Jessie a fait une vidéo TikTok sur le sujet, qu'elle a repartagé sur son compte Instagram, puis expliqué en story.
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L'influenceuse et militante queer compare les commentaires haineux reçus par Safia suite à sa dénonciation, avec les commentaires de support sous la publication de Maripier Morin.
Jessie mentionne : « J'ai remarqué que Safia était encore une fois victime de harcèlement et de propos haineux. Il y a même eu des graffitis avec des propos calis*ement violents à son égard. »
« Ça me décali*s de voir ça. »
La jeune femme ne comprend pas que Safia puisse « se ramasser à manger plus de ma*de après avoir dénoncé des comportements ».
Elle demande aux gens d'envoyer des messages positifs à la chanteuse :
« Puis la dose d'amour sous le post de Maripier Morin, j'suis comme, on peut-tu donner autant d'amour à Safia? Ça a été extrêmement courageux qu'est-ce qu'elle a dû faire. »
L'influenceuse qualifie ce que subit Safia de « dégeulasse » et la supporte ouvertement.